ancille

== French == === Noun === ancille f (plural ancilles) alternative form of ancelle === Further reading === “ancille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ancele === Etymology === From Old French ancele, ancelle, from Latin ancilla. === Noun === ancille (plural ancilles) maidservant; handmaid 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, An ABC (The Prayer of Our Lady) === References === “ancille”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.